No privilege of the floor.

Mr. Romer reviewed his PowerPoint presentation on the Executive Director update including the following highlights:

• Recent school events.
• Academic goals for 2025-26 school year.
• FRCS instructional vision development.
• FRCS strategic planning update.
• Grant and federal funding updates.

Mr. Romer introduced Lisa Jackson, founder and CEO of Insigth Solutions consulting firm, which works with non-profits on strategic planning leadership and government.

Ms. Jackson reviewed the contents of her memo submitted to the Board with regard to developing a strategic plan for FRCS and developing its priorities for the future.

Discussion ensued on focus areas for the plan. A draft is due in December to be reviewed and refined in the first quarter of 2026.

Mr. Martin reported that one of the priorities that was discussed at the retreat was development of a formal recruitment and onboarding procedure. This procedure will be contained in a separate binder from the policy binder.

Academic Excellence

Ms. Ortiz reported that the committee had its first session with Mr. Romer. The committee was requested to provide a number of data points on various issues like test scores, culture in the classroom, intervention efforts, etc. A google doc of these data points is being developed and a complete summary will be available by the end of the summer.

Finance and Facilities

A summary of ongoing finance and facilities needs is being developed for discussion in August.

Mr. Michelot reported that he is awaiting feedback from the auditors and bond counsel. He also is awaiting remaining questions to be answered by Soltec on the PPA/lease options.

Discussion ensued on the two major questions to be answered by bond counsel and the auditors: does the lease/purchase of solar panels cause issues with bond limits and governing rules on how FRCS books leases.

Mr. Martin will forward information to members on how to enter information into BoardonTrack for the executive director evaluation.

Mr. Martin presented the four policies as second readings:

First aid; accident reporting; officers of Board job description and policy on subcommittees of Board.

Mr. Martin reminded members to complete the following tasks:

• Update profile on BoardonTrack.
• Submit financial disclosure to DESE.
• Complete MA ethics training.
  • Ms. Berkowitz to check if training is needed for multiple positions in MA.

No items identified.

Mr. Romer was pleased to present the request for an international student trip to Rwanda in FY27.

Discussion ensued. Ms. Albama reported that Rwanda is currently a safe place to travel in Africa.

Following discussion, however, t was agreed that Mr. Romer will follow with the tour company to ensure that a full refund will be available if the trip needs to be cancelled due to foreign travel safety concerns.

The June 20 meeting minutes are tabled until next meeting.

No executive session.

No actions items were identified.